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Rösslerite

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CR152881

Rösslerite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Jáchymov, Krušné Hory, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 3 cm
Description

Very rich old specimen of white rösslerite (wapplerite) with picrophyrmacolite.

Ex Adolf Scholz collection - with original label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rösslerite

Formula: 
Mg(HAsO4)·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Fibrous crusts
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
"Im Lochborn" Copper mine, Bieber, Gelnhausen, Spessart, Hesse, Germany...